The New Bridge (also known as Mitrovica Bridge, Ibar River Bridge or unofficially Austerlitz Bridge) is a steel truss bridge over the Ibar River in Mitrovica.
The New Bridge has become an iconic symbol of the Kosovo partition as it separates around 80,000 Kosovar Albanians in the south from nearly 50,000 Serbs and other nationalities living in the north. It was used as a military checkpoint and provides a de facto border and buffer zone between the northern Serbian enclaves and the rest of Kosovo. Today the bridge is open to pedestrians and there are only carabinieri patrols from KFOR-MSU and Kosovo Police, but there is no checkpoint anymore.
People from Mitrovica and even KFOR soldiers often refer to the bridge as "Austerlitz Bridge" because it is very similar to the French Pont d'Austerlitz.
Since 2012, the northern and southern edges of the bridge have been patrolled 24/7 by Italian KFOR-MSU carabinieri to maintain peace and stability in the region and deter illegal activities.
Source: Wikipedia